Last weekend I installed these atelier shelves above my workbench. I was inspired by fellow blogger and artist Silvina Day who's husband so graciously built a similar system in her Southern California studio. They're a great way to display work as you can rotate paintings easily without having to put a million holes in the wall. (On a side note, it's interesting meeting fellow artists all over the world, you just never know what kind of connection you might have. It turns out Silvina and I attended the same junior high and high school in Chatsworth, CA.)
Another view of my studio on the opposite side. The ink drawing of the ship is a study of a sculpture I plan on building this year. Here's a close up:
New Arkink on paper
36" x 64"
Studio music this week:
Iggy Pop- Brick By Brick
Iggy Pop- Brick By Brick
Hey, nice job on the picture shelves! They make the studio much more functional and organized. Thanks for the mention and link back to my blog, fellow Chatsworthsonian!
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful studio you have. Where is it? I find organization and lack of clutter is very helpful to free the mind for creativity.
ReplyDeleteSo much for proofreading and editing! My mind is truly cluttered at the moment! lol.
ReplyDeleteYour studio I could feel right at home in. Really. Your little picture of the chair is so SMALL...A happy studio means a happy artist which means great creativity..so happy painting Denny!! I can hear Wish you were here by Pink Floyd now!
ReplyDeleteSilvina~ Though mine don't run the full length of the wall like yours (and mine are higher, I am 6'2" after all) I am quite pleased with them. Now I am a serious artist!!
ReplyDeleteDonna~ this is my garage which I converted to my studio when we bought the house. It has vaulted ceilings, a huge skylight, and a frosted glass backdoor. Before I put those in the place was a cave.
April J~ It is a bit homey and all I need is a rug because that concrete sucks the warmth out of my legs. When we have big parties it's a cool place to hang out. Bring your family out sometime!(oh yeah, no one's leaving Europe now because of that pesky cloud...)
Denny; I LOVE these shelves, and am going to put up some of my own asap! As luck would just have it, my plan has been that when I finshed the last of several deadlines (the swan!) I was going to reorganize and paint my drawing room.....perfect time to install atelier shelves! I'm assuming they have a 'trough' that runs down the length of them?......or something else to help hold things in place?
ReplyDeleteLynda~ you must have these shelves in your studio, you too will be a serious artist!! But seriously, there's no trough, I added a thin strip of lattice wood to the front edge of the shelf to keep things from slipping off. The lattice is 1/4" thick by 1 1/8" wide. Do it before your son finishes college!
ReplyDeleteDenny that is so cool...thanks for the invite. Hanging out...sounds very inviting...love to just have the time..heh heh.
ReplyDeleteOh my......am I THAT transparent? ("Do it before your son finishes college"......hahahaha). Yes, the piece of lattice strip makes much more sense than a trough. I'm going to do this as soon as my room is repainted and put together. (Really, I AM.)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea about the shelves, thanks for showing. You have a great studio.
ReplyDeleteHey Denny, great peek into your studio...I have those shelves above my worktable, but they are not as *neat* as yours by a long stretch!! you are a wonderful artist, I can't wait to see the ship sculpture, I love ships (in the abstract, not sure I would cross the ocean with 60 ft. waves in one!)...
ReplyDeletehave a wonderful weekend, enjoy, it's supposed to storm again next week ;-(
xx
Kit